GOP focused on New Hampshire; real prizes lie in Dixie

For three decades, the winner of the Republican Primary in South Carolina has gone on to win the nomination.Who knew so many Republican candidates would stay in the race for the 2012 nomination this long? I’d become so accustomed to a full stage at these debates that I was actually surprised when Rep. Michele Bachmann suspended her campaign.

I was positively shocked when media first reported Texas Gov. Rick Perry was returning to his home state—some bloggers claimed he was suspending his campaign. The claim about Perry was false; Perry is understandably staying the course.

At this point, the only official event in the candidate selection process has been the Iowa caucuses.

New Hampshire has a mixed record on actually picking the nominee.

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Healthcare bill outrage: Today in Massachusetts, coming soon to your state

In 2009 as many as 49,000 Massachusetts residents were fined for either not having health insurance or—this is the thorn on the political rose—not having the right health coverage.

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Senate candidate Hasner suggests LeMieux owns piece of ‘Durbin Tax’

The blogosphere is ablaze again; flame of the day is the ‘Durbin Tax,’ an amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial regulations bill.

Anyway, US Senate candidate Adam Hasner (R) is reminding voters that Sen. George LeMieux (R) who was appointed by then Gov. Charlie Crist (NPA) actually voted for what Hasner said was the “liberal Democrat Senator Durbin’s Debit Card Tax.’

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SC GOP chair condemns Florida’s early primary, calls for loss of all delegates

Infighting among Republicans will harm GOP chances for the White House in 2012.Sometimes even when victory is near, there are people who for unknown reasons refuse to seize it. I believe that is the case with a decision made by the Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee in Florida.

That committee, authorized by statute, has selected January 31 as the date for the Sunshine State’s presidential primary in 2012.

Lenny Curry, chair of the Republican Party of Florida, was not on the committee. Nor was the leader of Florida's GOP women.

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White House Twitterer should look hard at recovery.gov

President Barack Obama is the first president to use taxpayer money to pay federal employees to Tweet. A Tweet on Thursday suggested Obama’s so-called jobs act would be good for Florida.

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Florida leads multi-state challenge to ObamaCare, petitions SCOTUS to review decision

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a cabinet meeting. (Photo from state of Florida)Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a statement on Wednesday about the 26-state challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act commonly called ObamaCare.

Bondi said Florida and the other 25 states filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari asking the US Supreme Court to review the decision of the 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Bondi said ObamaCare is “an affront on Americans’ individual liberty.” She also said, “Our country urgently needs a final ruling from the US Supreme Court.”

The urgency is real. States and individual employers are scrambling to make sense of a law Democrats didn’t even read before passing.

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